
Discover busking across the world, share good vibes, cultivate mindset and vibe, meet new friends, and craft memorable performances with song choice, locations, gear, and social-media signs.
Discover the best busking lessons from hundreds of street sessions across dozens of cities in ten years, playing guitar with an amp for fun and good vibes.
Embrace the days by busking with no expectations and focus on giving good vibes to the crowd. Enjoy the music and accept earnings that vary, staying positive regardless of outcome.
Choose songs you love that invite singalongs and mix originals. Memorize two verses and a chorus, test local reactions, and assemble a durable 5–20 song go-to list behind your guitar.
Diversify your busking by mixing singing with backing tracks or loops, and even harmonica, using a Bluetooth speaker to improvise and keep audiences engaged.
Choose spots with high foot traffic near parks or beaches. Check rules online, stay calm with authorities, and pick spots near trails or sunset beaches.
Two or more musicians boost energy, attract bigger crowds, and increase earnings in less time. Seek spontaneous joiners or local musician groups, pairing guitar with melodic or percussion talents.
Create an actionable follow-me sign by listing 1–3 social links and a tipping option, include a specific song, and print it large at eye level.
Design a crypto tip sign using Photoshop or Canva, generate a wallet QR code with Exodus for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and Cardano, and test in Austin and New York.
Explore a practical busking gear checklist, compare amps like the S1 Pro and Cube X, and cover essentials: strap, backup strings, mic stands, loop pedal, tuner, and a portable tripod.
Reflect after each busking session to identify strengths and areas for improvement, from singing pitch to improvisation and repertoire, then apply focused practice for growth.
Project positive vibes and enjoy your busking session to spark interactions, tips, and new opportunities. Smile, engage with the crowd, and explore what resonates, whether jazz or your original songs.
Put yourself out there by busking outside, learn from real-world feedback and daily surprises, perform solo or with others, and cultivate joyful energy for growth.
Jump into busking with a plan: build a test list of songs, including sing-alongs, maintain a gear checklist, find good locations, and jam with others to play and learn.
Discover 14 campfire guitar singalongs that spark smiles and crowd singalongs, including you've got a friend in me, no woman no cry, stand by me, and mashup ideas for busking.
Learn the chilly groovy picking pattern you can apply to any song. It uses a minor seven bar chord, bass-note plucking, and a percussive slap.
Experience a brisk acoustic guitar factory tour in Australia and glimpse the craft behind instrument making, set against a backdrop of bright lights, music, disco, and evolving dreams.
Show guitarists why the harmonica is a compact, affordable diatonic instrument with three octaves, easy to learn in 30 minutes, great for jams, melodies, and solos.
Discover 11 must-have guitar apps that boost practice with real drum beats, a metronome, slow-down learning, Fret Trainer, chord and scale dictionaries, Songcraft, ear training, and tuner tools.
Improve posture by imagining a cord lifting you tall to maximize breath and projection. Practice diaphragmatic breathing from the stomach, then open your mouth and sing clearly to reach listeners.
Explore 40 seconds of play across four genres that sound great on harmonica, designed to maximize your busking fun and earnings.
Discover the Roland SPD1 kick stompbox as a portable, battery-powered percussion accessory for busking, offering 24 sounds with variation, reverb control, and diverse tones.
Even if you thought busking is something you would never do - this course might open you up to a whole new world.
Despite growing up where "busking" is often considered something that mostly homeless people do...
A few years ago I was living in Australia, and decided that I want to give it a try.
Try to just take my guitar, go out there, and see what happens.
After one month of adventures of doing it almost every day in Byron Bay - growing to feel like the "regular contributor of sunset music" on the beach there, to 100's of people that were chilling there every afternoon... While developing awesome new connections and skills...
I knew that I've found a new love in music.
From there on, over the next few years, often when I had a spare hour or two - I would take my guitar and my amp and go out and give my music to people.
In Amsterdam, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Sri Lanka, Austin, New Orleans, California, and more.
I realized that while playing venues is awesome as well, you don't need a "venue" if you want to go out and touch people with your music, you simply need to go out with an amp and do it.
At every good busking spot, beach, street, park... In one-two hours there are often 100's if not 1000's of people that would sit down or pass by - a lot more than in a local venue.
And then it's all up to you - when you are "on it" and you magnetize them with your energies - you just made someone's moment a sweeter one. And sometimes even earned a new, authentic fan of your music.
So even if you thought that it's "not for you", that you are above that, or simply that you are not "good", "social", or "brave" enough to do it...
This course can open the doors to a new world of music for you.
A world that could give you countless hours of fun, adventures, and many new lifelong musical friends.
Some of the topics that you would learn inside:
Most of the lessons are 3-5 minutes long - short and to the point.
- Which songs are potentially the best songs that'll bring about the most fun and most tips (I'll give you my own list of 100+ songs as a starting point to test out)
- Tips on how to discover the best songs for your specific city / country.
- Location location location - how to find the ideal busking spots in your city for fruitful sessions.
- It's all about the vibe that you're putting out! A few key tips that'll help you stay in good vibes and attract great people.
- The ups and downs - and having the right mindset to enjoy it all.
- The trick that would always give you great song ideas, in any situation. Never again "I don't know what to play".
- Sometimes a cop might ask you to stop your busking session - how to deal / prevent such situations.
- Why two/three musicians instead of one are potentially 5X more musical energies (and earnings) and not just 2X, and how to find great musicians who'll join you.
- Creating a "follow my socials" sign that actually gets people to connect / follow you / tag you on their posts and stories.
- The solution for taking tips even from people who do not have cash.
- How to take tips in cryptocurrencies. The next generation of busking is here. (and it can pay more generously)
- Busking has been my fastest way to improve my guitar and singing skills. I'll tell you how I take notes post-session and improve what I need to work on.
- The best gear to get based on your budget and needs. Amps, pedals, all the stuff that you want to have backups for, and more.
- A few tips that could save you from ruined busking sessions due to common gear mishaps (so you don't repeat my mistakes).
- My favorite busking pedal (a loop pedal is also a favorite, but this one is not a looper actually)
I hope that this is just the beginning of the journey for you, and I wish you many more beautiful busking sessions throughout your life.